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December 30th 2009:Michael York OBE – “A celebration of an Actor’s Life”

A celebration of an Actor’s life” – David Gibbons will be in talking to Michael York about his long and successful career complimented with film extracts chosen by this great actor and writer. The program will chart his journey from the early days at Oxford, his first break in Director Franco Zeffirelli’s “Taming of the Shrew” with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, to current work in films such as Austin Powers and eagerly awaited The Mill and the Cross, with Charlotte Rampling and Rutger Hauer, directed by Lech Majewski. The great actors Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud are also

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Michael York

Michael York has enjoyed a successful career for over 45 years, creating an impressive body of work on stage, screen and in the recording studio. A member of Britain’s National Youth Theatre and a graduate of Oxford University, he joined the National Theatre company and made his film debut in “The Taming of the Shrew." York's more than 60 other screen credits include “Romeo and Juliet”, “Cabaret”, “Something for Everyone”, “Jesus of Nazareth", “The Three Musketeers”, “Logan’s Run”, “The Island of Doctor Moreau", “Murder on the Orient Express”, “Conduct Unbecoming” and “Fedora”. He played in all three “Austin Powers” movies, the two “Omega Code" films and recently completed “The Justice of Wo